{"id":8513,"date":"2018-07-16T05:00:39","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T04:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/?p=8513"},"modified":"2018-07-15T13:24:30","modified_gmt":"2018-07-15T12:24:30","slug":"arcsoft-and-cadence-partner-to-develop-ai-and-vision-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/arcsoft-and-cadence-partner-to-develop-ai-and-vision-applications\/","title":{"rendered":"ArcSoft and Cadence Partner to develop AI and vision applications"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"highlight highlight-blue\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cadence.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cadence Design Systems<\/a><\/span> and <span class=\"highlight highlight-blue\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcsoft.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ArcSoft<\/a><\/span>, a leader in imaging intelligence technology, have partnered to develop AI and vision applications for Cadence Tensilica Vision DSPs.<\/p>\n<p>ArcSoft has collaborated with Cadence to port beauty shot, high dynamic range (HDR), bokeh and facial unlock applications to the Vision P6 DSP.<\/p>\n<p>The joint solution has been designed into an applications processor from a leading global provider and is now shipping in smartphones.<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7565662001938327\" data-ad-slot=\"7585079586\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\nIntelligent edge devices and smartphones today demand a wide array of image-processing and AI-based functionality.<\/p>\n<p>Advanced vision and AI techniques allow the use of a single camera for bokeh, which translates into lower power and cost.<\/p>\n<p>The lower power consumption on the Vision P6 DSP enables the bokeh effect to run in real time during live preview and capture.<\/p>\n<p>Facial unlock requires faster response time at lower power, and ArcSoft\u2019s facial recognition algorithms are built for high efficiency, low power consumption and high accuracy.<\/p>\n<p>ArcSoft HDR technology works in a variety of lighting conditions and intelligently adjusts and boosts brightness in underexposed areas while restoring details in overexposed areas.<\/p>\n<p>These applications lend themselves well to processing on the low-power, high-performance and highly programmable Vision P6 DSP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe needed a very high-performance vision and AI DSP to accelerate our beauty shot, HDR, bokeh and facial unlock applications. Cadence DSPs come with excellent software tools and a comprehensive vision and AI library which allowed us to increase the performance of our HDR algorithm by 6X compared to CPUs,\u201d said Frison Xu, marketing VP at ArcSoft. \u201cCadence\u2019s low-power, high-performance Vision P6 DSP is an ideal DSP for porting our vision and AI applications.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe combination of Cadence\u2019s vision and AI DSP and ArcSoft\u2019s software technology make on-device vision and AI experiences possible on today\u2019s mobile platforms. Cadence is pleased to collaborate with ArcSoft to enable our joint customers to deploy compelling on-device AI experiences,\u201d said Pulin Desai, product marketing director, Tensilica Vision DSP product line at <span class=\"highlight highlight-blue\"><a href=\"https:\/\/engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/cadence-full-flow-digital-and-signoff-tools-and-verification-suite-for-7nm-arm-cortex-a76-cpu-designs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cadence<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The Vision P6 DSP has been designed into application processors from two of the top five mobile application processor vendors.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the Cadence Tensilica Xtensa architecture, the Vision P6 DSP combines flexible hardware options with an extensive library of vision\/imaging DSP functions and numerous vision\/imaging applications from established ecosystem partners.<\/p>\n<p>The Vision P6 DSP supports AI applications developed in the Caffe, TensorFlow and TensorFlowLite frameworks through the Tensilica Xtensa\u00a0Neural Network Compiler.<\/p>\n<p>The Vision P6 DSP also supports the Android Neural Network API for on-device AI acceleration in Android-powered devices.<\/p>\n<p>The software environment also includes complete, optimised support for more than 1,500 OpenCV-based vision and OpenVX\u00a01.1 library functions.<\/p>\n<p>Rounding out the Tensilica Vision DSP family are the Vision Q6 DSP for vision and AI, which is well suited for high-performance systems and applications with its 384GMAC\/sec peak performance; the Vision C5 DSP, a complete, standalone DSP for neural networks that has 1TMAC\/sec computational capacity; and the vision-optimised Vision P5 DSP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cadence Design Systems and ArcSoft, a leader in imaging intelligence technology, have partnered to develop AI and vision applications for Cadence Tensilica Vision DSPs. 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